Sir, It is unfortunate that our city lost three youngsters in a heart-rending road accident that occurred near Dattagalli on Outer Ring Road recently. Most probably it might have resulted due to over-speeding and the youth behind the steering might have forgot the saying that ‘speed thrills, but kills.’ The parents of two deceased youth…

Sir, It was shocking to read the news item titled “Water Table Sinking” in SOM dated Feb.2. The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is where the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water. Groundwater depletion most commonly occurs because of the frequent…

Sir, Post-conversion to double lane, the Mysuru-Nanjangud stretch on NH 766 has turned deadly with the accident count ascending each week rather than coming down. Recently, two fatalities that occurred on a single day snatched away two precious lives, one at the Apollo Circle (BDO Office) and the other near the temple on bypass road….

Sir, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is doing a yeoman service by beautifying the footpaths of majority of roads in Mysuru, making it pedestrian-friendly. Though some roads do not have much pedestrian movement, MCC has undertaken civil works to beautify such footpaths also and to make it walkable. But unfortunately, Kalidasa Road has skipped the attention…

Sir, Much to the chagrin of the people of Mysuru, the Yeswantpur-Karwar Express has been rescheduled and now touches Mysuru only thrice a week. The rationale behind the new schedule is hard to understand because this revised schedule is causing inconvenience to travellers of Bengaluru as well due to its  early departure. Firstly, it now…

Sir, The road hump provided just adjacent to the DC’s Office building  is not scientifically designed one. Moreover, the installation of such  humps on roads is mere violation of Supreme Court’s recent verdict. Adding to the above, failure to mark  and maintain these road humps  periodically  by authorities concerned, with bright white coloured Zebra stripes…

Sir, On 26th January, around 7.30 pm, a heavy and dense smoke (see photo) had engulfed all around the area behind Civil Law Courts where I reside. I went around the Public Prosecutors’ Office to locate the source of the unusual thick smoke, but I could not spot the source. I telephoned the Fire Station,…

Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the Department concerned and officials regarding the violation of the rule that bans use of loud intensity crackers and loudspeaker after 10 pm near my residence at Maruti Circle, N.R. Mohalla. There is rampant use of loudspeaker and sometimes crackers of loud intensity after the stipulated…